Top 10 Retail Chains in Europe in 2021 by Sales

Schwarz Unternehmenskommunikation GmbH & Co KG, Aldi Einkauf GmbH & Co oHG, Carrefour SA, Edeka Zentrale AG & Co KG, and Tesco Plc are the top 5 retail chains in Europe in 2021 by sales. Cumulatively, the top 10 retail chains in Europe generated retail sales of $714,660 million, where the highest retail sales were generated by Schwarz Unternehmenskommunikation GmbH & Co KG ($153,339 million), followed by Aldi Einkauf GmbH & Co oHG ($83,595 million) and, Carrefour SA ($79,201 million), while the lowest retail sales were generated by J Sainsbury Plc ($38,971 million). Germany-based Schwarz Unternehmenskommunikation GmbH & Co KG is the leading retail chain in Europe (by retail sales). The company reported revenues of $157,983 million in the year 2021 (FY2021). The company owns and operates supermarkets, food stores, hypermarkets, and discount stores. It offers products such as groceries, kitchen and household goods, fresh produce, dairy products, sports, and electronic goods, bread and bakery products, alcohol-free beverages, and garden and hardware goods. The company operates stores through two brands, Lidl and Kaufland. It employs 550,000 people. France-based Carrefour SA (Carrefour) is one of the leading retail chains in Europe (by retail sales). The company operates through a network of supermarkets, convenience stores, hypermarkets, discount stores, and cash-and-carry stores. It operates multi-format and omnichannel retail platforms and retails merchandise through e-commerce websites. The company offers an extensive portfolio of food and non-food products, including fresh produce, local specialties, consumer goods, clothing, consumer electronics, home furnishing goods, and cultural goods. The company reported revenue of $87,370 for the fiscal year ended December 2022 (FY2022), an increase of 2.96% over the previous year and employs 319,565 people.